Zhengyan Associate professor

l Genetics (Bilingual), Undergraduate Core Course, 40 hours

l Experimental courses of Genetics, Undergraduate Core Course, 20 hours

l Molecular Biology (Bilingual), Undergraduate Core Course, 45 hours

l Experimental courses of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Undergraduate Core Course, 60 hours

l Fine Mapping of QTL for Eggplant Fruit Length and Functional Validation of Candidate Genes, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University Innovation Fund (KFB23080), Oct. 2023 – Sept. 2026

l Introduction, Identification, and Beneficial Gene Discovery of Superior Rice Germplasm Resources in Myanmar, Fujian Provincial Science and Technology Department (2020I0009), Aug. 2020 – Mar. 2023

l Genetic Basis of Important Agronomic Traits in Eggplant, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University Innovation Fund (CX2X2020048A), Jan. 2021 – Dec. 2022

l Molecular Mechanism of OsWUS Gene Regulation in Rice Female Sterility, Fujian Provincial Natural Science Foundation (2017J01424), Apr. 2017 – Mar. 2020

l Functional and Regulatory Mechanisms of OsRBR1 in Controlling Rice Spikelet Formation, National Natural Science Foundation of China (31671665), Jan. 2017 – Dec. 2020

l Molecular Basis of Rice Disease Resistance Under the National Key R&D Program, Sub-project: Molecular Mechanism of Rice Resistance to Blast Disease (2016YFD0100601), July 2016 – Dec. 2020

l Study on Tissue Culture and Transgenic Technology of Giant Napier Grass, National Engineering Research Center for Napiergrass (JCJJ13003), Jan. 2013 – Dec. 2014

l Fine Mapping and Cloning of Two Major QTLs Controlling Rice Spike Length National Natural Science Foundation of China (31101136), Jan. 2012 – Dec. 2012

l QTL Mapping and Interaction Genetic Analysis of Long Spike and Large Grain Traits in Rice, Doctoral Fund of the Ministry of Education (20093515120002), Jan. 2010 – Dec. 2012

l QTL Analysis of Long Spike and Large Grain Traits in Special Rice Germplasm, Fujian Provincial Natural Science Foundation (2009J05051), Jan. 2009 – Dec. 2011

l Research Fund for the 47th Batch of Chinese Postdoctoral Science Foundation, Grant No.: 20100470039, Dec. 2010

[1] Changjiao Ke, Wenxiang Guan, Jialong Jiang, Likun Huang, Hui Li, Wenjing Li, Yanyu Lin, Lihui Lin, Xiaofang Xie, Weiren Wu*, Wenxia Gao* and Yan Zheng*，Map-based cloning of LPD, a major gene positively regulates leaf prickle development in eggplant, Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2024, 137: 216. 

[2] Yan Zheng, Ei Ei Khine, Khin Mar Thi, Ei Ei Nyein, Likun Huang, Lihui Lin, Xiaofang Xie, Min Htay Wai Lin, Khin Than Oo, Myat Myat Moe, San San Aye, Weiren Wu*, Multi-environment BSA-seq using large F₃ populations is able to achieve reliable QTL mapping with high power and resolution: An experimental demonstration in rice, The Crop Journal, 2024, 12, 549-557.

[3] Yan Zheng†, Khin Mar Thi†, Lihui Lin, Xiaofang Xie, Ei Ei Khine, Ei Ei Nyein, Min Htay Wai Lin, Win Win New, San San Aye, Weiren Wu*, Genome-wide association study of cooking-caused grain expansion in rice (Oryza sativa L.), Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023,14. 

[4] Wenxiang Guan, Changjiao Ke, Weiqi Tang, Jialong Jiang, Jing Xia, Xiaofang Xie, Mei Yang, Chenfeng Duan, Weiren Wu* and Yan Zheng*. Construction of a High-Density Recombination Bin-Based Genetic Map Facilitates High-Resolution Mapping of a Major QTL Underlying Anthocyanin Pigmentation in Eggplant. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022, 23, 10258. 

[5] Yan Zheng, Mjomba Fredrick Mwamburi, Huaqing Liu and Feng Wang, Loss of function of OsARG resulted in pepper-shaped husk in Indica rice, Life, 2021, 11, 523. 

[6] Xiaofang Xie, Yan Zheng, Libin Lu, Jiazheng Yuan, Jie Hu, Suhong Bu, Yanyi Lin, Yinsong Liu, Huazhong Guan, and Weiren Wu, Genome-wide association study of QTLs conferring resistance to bacterial leaf streak in rice, Plants, 2021, 10, 2039. 

[7] Khin Mar Thi, Yan Zheng_, Ei Ei Khine, Ei Ei Nyein, Min Htay Wai Lin, Khin Than Oo, Win Win New, Moe Zin Zi Thet, Moe Moe Khaing, Myat Myat Moe, San San Aye, Weiren Wu, Mapping of QTLs conferring high grain length-breadth relative expansion during cooking in rice cultivar Paw San Hmwe, Breeding Science, 2020, 70: 551–557, doi: 10.1270/jsbbs.20040. 

[8] Changjiao Ke, Wenxiang Guan, Suhong Bu, Xiaoxu Li, Yun Deng, Zhinan Wei, Weiren Wu, Yan Zheng*, Determination of absorption dose in chemical mutageneis in plants, PLOS one, 2019, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0210596. 

[9] Ratemo Billy Omboki†, Yan Zheng†, Zhiwei Chen,  Huazhong Guan, Weiqi Tang, Likun Huang, Xiaofang Xie,  Weiren Wu, Pooled mapping of quantitative trait loci conferring malesterility-conditioned glume split in rice (Oryza sativa), Plant breeding, 2018, DOI: 10.1111/pbr.12643. (SCI, IF=2.536)

[10] Fredrick Mwamburi Mjomba†, Yan Zheng†, Huaqing Liu,Weiqi Tang, Zonglie Hong, Feng Wang, Weiren Wu^*, Homeobox is privotal for OsWUS controlling tiller development and female fertility in rice, G3:Genes|Genomes|Genetics, 2016,6:2013-2021. 

[11] Yan Zheng, Wenhui Zheng, Fucheng Lin, Yunping Yi, Baohua Wang, Guodong Lu, Zonghua Wang^*, Weiren Wu^*, AVR1-CO39 is a predominant locus governing the broad avirulence of Magnaporthe oryzae strain 2539 on cultivated rice (Oryza sativa L.), Mol Plant-Micro Inter, 2011, 24(1)：13-17. 

[12] Yan Zheng, Geng Zhang, Fucheng Lin, Zonghua Wang, et al.,Weiren Wu^*, Development of microsatellite markers and construction of genetic map in rice blast pathogen Magnaporthe grisea, Fungal Genetics and Biology, 2008, 45(10): 1340-1347. 

[13] Zemao Yang, Daiqing Huang, Weiqi Tang, Yan Zheng, Kangjing Liang, Adrian J. Cutler, Weiren Wu^*, Mapping of Quantitative Trait Loci Underlying Cold Tolerance in Rice Seedlings via High-Throughput Sequencing of Pooled Extremes, PLoS ONE, 2013, 8(7): e68433, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0068433 

[14] Xiangqian Zhao, Long Yang, Yan Zheng, Zhaohua Xu, Weiren Wu^*, Subspecies-specific intron length polymorphism markers reveal clear genetic differentiation in common wild rice (Oryza rufipogon L.) in relation to the domestication of cultivated rice (O. sativa L.), Journal of Genetics and Genomcis, 2009, 36(7): 435-442. 

[15] Long Yang, Gulei Jin, Xiangqian Zhao, Yan Zheng, Zhaohua Xu, Weiren Wu^*. PIP: a database of potential intron polymorphism markers, Bioinformatics, 2007,15 (23): 2174 – 2177.